METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TAGGING DATA WITH CONTEXT DATA TAGS IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM

• US 20090023432A1
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Behzad, Arya, MacInnis, Alexander G., Walley, John, Karaoguz, Jeyhan, Buer, Mark, Quigley, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 9,509,795 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may be utilized to generate and/or maintain multimedia data files. Context data tags may be created to tag the generated multimedia data files, enabling identification of multimedia data files without directly accessing the contents of the multimedia data files. Context data tags may comprise such attributes as time/date stamps, location, subject, environment, scheduling, and/or biometric information. The WMC device may maintain user preference information, which is unique to the WMC device capabilities and/or to a specific device user. The user preference information may be utilized to specify attributes that may be utilized in creating context data tags for multimedia data files. The user preference information may be maintained in the WMC device and/or externally. Tagging operation may be performed dynamically, and a remote device may be utilized to perform tagging operations and/or to maintain the user preference information.

Claims

1. A method for handling data in wireless devices, the method comprising:

tagging data, generated and/or maintained in a wireless mobile communication device, with context data tags based on user preference information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said user preference information is stored in said wireless mobile communication device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said user preference information is stored external to said wireless mobile communication device.

4. The method according to claim 1, comprising performing at least a portion of said tagging external to said wireless mobile communication device.

5. The method according to claim 1, comprising performing said tagging dynamically and/or contemporaneously during said generation and/or maintenance of said data.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said context data tags comprise attributes that enable identifying said data based on contents of said data, and/or conditions pertaining to said generation and/or maintenance of said data.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said attributes comprise time, date, location, subject, scheduling, environment, and/or biometric information.

8. The method according to claim 6, comprising utilizing operations, applications, and/or accessory devices to derive said attributes.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein said operations, applications, and/or accessory devices comprise scheduling applications, biometric sensors, microphone, speech recognition software, and/or digital picture analysis.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said user preference information comprises an indication to use time and/or date stamping associated with said data.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein said user preference information comprises an indication to use location stamping associated with location of said wireless mobile communication device during said generation and/or maintenance of said data.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said location stamping is based on Global Positioning System (GPS) location.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein said user preference information comprises an indication to use calendar and/or scheduling information.

15. The system according to claim 1, wherein said user preference information is stored in said wireless mobile communication device.

16. The system according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said user preference information is stored external to said wireless mobile communication device.

17. The system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one processor enables performing at least a portion of said tagging external to said wireless mobile communication device.

18. The system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one processor enables performing said tagging dynamically and/or contemporaneously during said generation and/or maintenance of said data.

19. The system according to claim 1, wherein said context data tags comprise attributes that enable identifying said data based on contents of said data, and/or conditions pertaining to said generation and/or maintenance of said data.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein said attributes comprise time, date, location, subject, scheduling, environment, and/or biometric information.

21. The system according to claim 19, wherein said at least one processor enables utilizing operations, applications, and/or accessory devices to derive said attributes.

22. The system according to claim 21, wherein said operations, applications, and/or accessory devices comprise scheduling applications, biometric sensors, microphone, speech recognition software, and/or digital picture analysis.

14. A system for handling data in wireless devices, the system comprising:

at least one processor utilized in a wireless mobile communication device that enables tagging data, generated and/or maintained in said wireless mobile communication device, with context data tags based on user preference information.

23. The system according to claim 14, wherein said user preference information comprises an indication to use time and/or date stamping associated with said data.

24. The system according to claim 14, wherein said user preference information comprises an indication to use location stamping associated with location of said wireless mobile communication device during said generation and/or maintenance of said data.

25. The system according to claim 24, wherein said location stamping is based on Global Positioning System (GPS) location.

26. The system according to claim 14, wherein said user preference information comprises an indication to use calendar and/or scheduling information.